Unseasonably mild temperatures in Chicago

Warm Christmas weather

Phil Velasquez / Chicago Tribune

The Merchandise Mart is lit up in red and green for Christmas as pedestrians walk west on Wacker Drive Wednesday Dec. 23, 2015. Two days before Christmas and temperatures in Chicago were hovering around the 60 degree mark.

The Merchandise Mart is lit up in red and green for Christmas as pedestrians walk west on Wacker Drive Wednesday Dec. 23, 2015. Two days before Christmas and temperatures in Chicago were hovering around the 60 degree mark.